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- From Weaver to Web
- Project undertaken by the UK Calderdale Council aimed at raising the historic profile of the Calderdale area, one of its key elements being the development of a searchable visual archive featuring material relating to the textile industry that grew, rose to fame and eventually declined in and around the Halifax area.
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- Ghost in the Old Irish Linen Mill
- Ireland's Eye web site with web cam and recordings of Helena Blunden who fell and died in a Belfast linen mill in 1912, and is wandering about as a ghost ever since. Includes a history of the Irish linen industry.
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- Greenville Textile Heritage Society
- USA. Organization of professionals and enthusiasts, dedicated to the preservation of the history of the textile industry in Greenville, South Carolina, and the education of the general public as to the importance of textiles in the growth and development of Greenville over the past 120 years.
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- History of Knitting
- The history of knitting, from the early nålebinding technique involving the creation of fabric from thread by making multiple knots or loops, to the current high-speed circular and flat bed knitting technologies. Author: Julie Theaker.
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- History of Textile Business in North Carolina
- History of North Carolina's web site about the development of the cotton textile industry of the state, from 1810 to the present day with links to historical mills and laureates.
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- Knitting Together
- Joint Internet project of the Leicester City Museum Service and its partners, dedicated to the history of the East-Midlands knitting industry. Timeline. Oral and photographic history. Virtual museum. Resources and links.
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- No Idle Hands, The Social History of American Knitting
- Review of a textbook about the history of home and industrial machine knitting in the United States from Independence until the present time. Author: Anne L. Macdonald.
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- Photographs of Milltowns in England, Great Britain and India.
- On-line exhibition of large format photographs of textile mills in New England, USA, Britain and India, from Randolph Langenbach's collection.
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- River Powers Textile Industry
- Short history of the development of the cotton textile industry in Lowell, Massachusetts, from 1826 to its peak as a major textile center in 1924. From the Cities of the United States web site.
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- River Wey & Navigations
- Extensive information about the leather and wool processing, yarn spinning, weaving and textile manufacturing industry in the Wey Valley in the United Kingdom since the 13th Century.
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- Textile Production in Europe, 1600–1800
- Introduction to silk weaving, lace making, tapestry, embroidery and printing as the principal European textile industries between 1600 and 1800. Compiled by Melinda Watt. From the web site of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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- The Chronology of Textiles and Fiber Arts in New Mexico
- Timeline of the history and development of weaving techniques and the textile industry in New Mexico, from 700 BC until the present. From The Collector's Guide web site.
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- The History of Flax in Salem, Oregon
- The history of flax cultivation and fiber processing in the state of Oregon, and the linen textile industry in Salem, from 1902 until the last linen mill closed in the late 1950's.
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- The Life of a Weaver in the Early 19th Century
- Extract from an article in the Stroud Journal, published in 1868, telling the story of textile workers and working conditions around the time of the Stroudwater Riots of 1825. Includes the poem 'A Weaving Factory' by Thomas Delaney.
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- The New Zealand Flax Milling Industry
- History of the flax cultivation and fiber processing industry in New Zealand, from the 1860's until the last flax mill ceased operation in 1985. From A history of Technological Innovation in New Zealand. Author: Ian Matheson.
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- The Textile Heritage Museum
- Ongoing restoration project as well as a museum highlighting the textile history of Alamance County and the Piedmont, USA, featuring the history and machinery of the textile industry from the cottage industry to the present, the family labor system, life in the mill villages, and a company store exhibit.
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- The Textile Industry
- Concise description of the textile industry as a family enterprise before the Industrial Revolution. Links to textile inventors, brief history of the cotton industry, and chronology of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution. From The Open Door web site.
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- The Weaving Guild of Vyšší Brod
- The history of the weavers guild of the Czech town of Vyšší Brod, founded by Vilém of Rožmberk in 1568 and organized linen weavers under the auspices of the local abbot.
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- The Woollen Industry
- Extract of a book written in 1935 for the London Carmarthenshire Society, providing a brief history of the woollen industry in Carmarthenshire, Wales, Great Britain, which' first records date back to the Norman occupation and virtually disappeared at the start of the 20th century.